See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259637530 Plausible prebiotic synthesis of aldopentoses from simple substrates, glycolaldehyde and formaldehyde Article in Paleontological Journal · December 2013 DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113090062 CITATION READS 1 57 3 authors: Irina Delidovich Oxana Taran RWTH Aachen University Boreskov Institute of Catalysis 53 PUBLICATIONS 1,539 CITATIONS 136 PUBLICATIONS 1,152 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Valentin N Parmon Boreskov Institute of Catalysis 755 PUBLICATIONS 10,960 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Indo-Russia Joint project -Development of integrated (biotechnological and nanocatalytic) biorefinery for fuels and platform chemicals production from lignocellulosic biomass (crop/wood residues) View project In situ NMR of catalytic reactions View project All content following this page was uploaded by Oxana Taran on 20 July 2015. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. ISSN 00310301, Paleontological Journal, 2013, Vol. 47, No. 9, pp. 1093–1096. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2013. Plausible Prebiotic Synthesis of Aldopentoses from Simple Substrates, Glycolaldehyde and Formaldehyde I. V. Delidovicha, O. P. Taranb, and V. N. Parmonc aBoreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. akademika Lavrent’eva 5, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia bNovosibirsk State Technical University, pr. K. Marksa, 20, Novosibirsk, 630073 Russia cNovosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia email:
[email protected] Received February 15, 2012 Abstract—Possible ways of abiotic catalytic synthesis of biologically significant aldopentoses (ribose, xylose, arabinose, lyxose) from elementary substrates, i.e., formaldehyde (FA) and glycolaldehyde (GA) in aqueous solutions are discussed.